verka

From Proto-Finnic *vërka, possibly a Germanic borrowing, from Proto-Germanic *werką.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋerkɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rkɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -erkɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ver‧ka

verka

1. broadcloth
2. (billiards) cloth, felt, baize, green baize

• verho
• verha (“clothing”)
• verkko
• virka
• virkata

• “verka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• karve

verka

1. indefinite genitive plural of verk

From Proto-Finnic *vërka. Cognate to Finnish verka and Veps verg.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋerkɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rk]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋerkɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -erk, -erkɑ
• Hyphenation: ver‧ka

verka

1. gusset

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 654

• verkene

verka n

1. definite plural of verk (Etymology 2)

From Old Norse verka. Akin to English work.

• verke

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛrkɑ/
• IPA^(key): /ʋɛʂk/ (Trøndelag)

verka (present tense verkar, past tense verka, past participle verka, passive infinitive verkast, present participle verkande, imperative verka/verk)

1. to work (have effect)

   Medisinen verka godt.

   The medicine worked well.

2. to seem, appear

   Det verkar ikkje som om du forstår.

   It does not seem like you understand.

• verksam

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɛrkɑ/

verka (present tense verker, past tense verkte, past participle verkt, passive infinitive verkast, present participle verkande, imperative verk)

1. Alternative form of verkja

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛrkɑ/

verka n

1. definite plural of verk (Etymology 2)

• “verka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish värkia, from Old Norse verka, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. Compare German werken and German wirken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrˌka/, [ˈværːˌkʲa]

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• Homophone: värka
• Hyphenation: ver‧ka

verka (present verkar, preterite verkade, supine verkat, imperative verka)

1. to work, to act

   Den speciella ortogonala gruppen verkar på Rⁿ genom rotationer

   The special orthogonal group acts on Rⁿ by rotations

2. to seem as, appear, to have an appearance as of

   Det verkar som om att han är arg.

   It seems as if he is angry.

3. to pare or trim the hoof of a horse

• verka in Svensk ordbok.
• verka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)